One of Portland’s Hardcore Soccer Bars Has Been Replaced By, Well, Another Soccer Bar

When Peter Mahr bought 4-4-2 on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard last June, his professed goal was to turn the place from a hardcore soccer bar into a neighborhood bar friendly to soccer fans and the footy-averse alike. On non-game days, it’s possible that Mahr, a former amateur player himself, has fulfilled that promise. Make no mistake, though: When the Timbers are on at Gol, as he rechristened it, this is still very much a soccer bar.

Fewer Fans of Portland’s Pro Soccer Teams Drive to Games Than Expected, But They Still Hog On-Street Parking

Portland Officials Created a Policy to Keep Homeless People From Camping Outside the Timbers’ Soccer Stadium

When WW asked questions this week, several city officials claimed ignorance of the plan, and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly disavowed the idea.

After Fan Bans, Timbers Army Posts Defiant Banners in Protest—But Keeps On Cheering

The normally colorful North End of Providence Park featured no flags and no goal smoke.

Cider Riot Releases Iron Front Cider in Protest of the Portland Timbers’ Ban of the Antifascist Symbol

When the Portland Timbers announced in May that its fans could no longer fly banners bearing an antifascist symbol, the raucous Timbers Army was quick to voice its opposition.

The Portland Timbers’ Season Opener Against the Colorado Rapids Was the Coldest Game in Major League Soccer History

On Saturday, during the Portland Timbers’ season-opening game against the Colorado Rapids, a new Major League Soccer record for coldest game ever played was set.

Portland Timbers Fall 2-0 to Atlanta United in Championship Match

Under first-year head coach Giovanni Savarese, the Timbers made it much further than anyone expected

A Timbers Army Flag Offends Korean-Americans and Sparks a Two-City Debate Over Cultural Insensitivity

For 14 years, raucous fans of the Portland Timbers have engaged in a sentimental tradition: unfurling a large flag depicting a yellow-and-green sunburst, to honor a supporter killed in a traffic accident. That is, until last month—when the Timbers Army waved that flag in Los Angeles in front of a shocked group of Korean Americans.